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qahawthorne

In Which I Ponder Star Trek + Nazis

Jul 28, 2010 20:23

What is the appeal of Nazis in Star Trek? Off the top of my head, I can think of at least one for 3/5s of the Star Trek series. Were there Nazi/WWII episodes on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, or Star Trek: the Next Generation?

Star Trek (original series) - Patterns of Force (also, one might include The City on the Edge of Tomorrow for the oops ( Read more... )

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lynxreign July 29 2010, 02:09:05 UTC

For the original series, at least, they had the costumes, sets and other props lying around so it made for a cheaper episode. Same reason they did Greeks/Romans and Westerns and mobsters, not to mention 2 episodes set in the "present day".

qahawthorne July 29 2010, 22:28:06 UTC

Ha, that's what I always joked was the reason behind those sorts of things (with Dr. Who, too) -- so let's see what's lying around the lot, hm, this'll do! :) Figured there was actually truth to it, made a lot of sense, after all.

hazelhawthorne July 29 2010, 23:28:05 UTC

I read this post last night and just turned on SciFi and found the Enterprise Nazi episode. I LOLed and had to find your post again to comment.

:) qahawthorne July 31 2010, 02:02:45 UTC

That is what inspired it -- at the end of the previous episode, Archer is unconscious, and cue the alien Nazi in the last second of the episode!

Wow, on preview, I wrote way too much karweenie July 30 2010, 17:50:38 UTC

During the Original Series, it was convenience. All that stuff was just laying around on the Paramount lot. Why not do it ( ... )

Re: Wow, on preview, I wrote way too much qahawthorne July 31 2010, 02:07:14 UTC

At least with the Voyager ones it wasn't just another holodeck malfunction or Q's meddling -- you had an alien race messing with the holodeck as hope for their species. And when you did have a malfunction, well, you can believe that on a ship with no downtime, spare parts, and serious lost-in-space psychological issues pushing the system up against end-of-life issues, it's not surprise!

Yeah, I could think of about a zillion TNG eps in interesting places. And the flute! I know!

I went to a cocktail party and mingled with Avery Brooks once, did I ever mention? I was too chicken to speak to him, alas.

Re: Wow, on preview, I wrote way too much karweenie July 31 2010, 04:40:58 UTC

YOU WERE NEXT TO SISKO AND DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING?!

:( :( Emoticons cannot accurately express my distress.

Anyways, that's true, Voyager did create some scenarios so that they didn't have to rely upon the tired holodeck meme. I always loved Q though - some of his appearances in Voyager were his best. He never fit in with the DS9 crowd.

Re: Wow, on preview, I wrote way too much qahawthorne July 31 2010, 13:14:58 UTC

I KNOW. I SUCK. siiiiiigh...

I have now seen two different Star Trek captains live; both were playing Othello at the same theatre (years and years apart)! Now I just need Kate Mulgrew to do a cross-gender version.